WARRENTON, Va. – During a morning meeting in early May, staff at the federal air traffic command center rattle off a few of the day’s obstacles: storms near the Florida coast and in Texas, a mil...
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SpaceX Starship ‘ready to fly’ by July
Starship prototypes are pictured at the SpaceX South Texas launch site in Brownsville, Texas, U.S., May 22, 2022. Picture taken May 22, 2022. Veronica Cardenas | Reuters SpaceX is closing in on the n...
Boeing plane deliveries total 35 in May as it grapples with supply chain problems
A Boeing 737 MAX airplane lands after a test flight at Boeing Field in Seattle, Washington, June 29, 2020. Karen Ducey | Reuters Boeing said Tuesday it delivered 35 planes in May, on par with the prev...
Ford issues stop-sale of Mustang Mach-Es due to potential safety defect
People visit Ford’s all-electric SUV Mustang Mach-E at the 2019 Los Angeles Auto Show in Los Angeles, the United States, Nov. 22, 2019. Xinhua via Getty Images DETROIT – Ford Motor is instructin...
U.S. airline bookings slipped again in May with fares 30% higher than 2019
Travelers walk through Terminal A at Orlando International Airport on Christmas Day, Saturday, December 25, 2021. Stephen M. Dowell | Orlando Sentinel | Getty Images U.S. airline bookings slipped 2.3%...
Spirit Airlines to decide on competing JetBlue, Frontier bids before end of June
A Spirit Airlines plane on the tarmac at the Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport on February 07, 2022 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Joe Raedle | Getty Images Spirit Airlines said Tuesday th...
American Airlines regional carriers hike pilot pay as shortage persists
American Airlines Embraer ERJ-145 regional jet aircraft as seen on final approach landing at New York JFK international airport in NY, on February 13, 2020. Nicolas Economou | Nurphoto | Getty Images ...
GM’s stock closes below IPO price for first time since October 2020
Mary Barra, Chair and CEO of the General Motors Company (GM), speaks during the Milken Institute Global Conference in Beverly Hills, California, on May 2, 2022. Patrick T. Fallon | AFP | Getty Images ...
Astra’s stock drops after rocket failed to deliver NASA mission to orbit
The company’s LV0010 rocket stands on the launchpad at Florida’s Cape Canaveral ahead of the NASA TROPICS-1 mission. Astra Shares of rocket-builder Astra fell sharply in trading on Monday ...
FAA SpaceX Starship environmental review clears Texas program to move forward
A Starship prototype stands on the company’s launchpad in Boca Chica, Texas on March 16, 2022. SpaceX The Federal Aviation Administration on Monday said it will require Elon Musk’s SpaceX ...
Latest Shanghai quarantines add more pressure to global supply chain
Staff members of China Post unload parcels of daily necessities for residents quarantined at home from a minivan on May 14, 2022 in Shanghai, China. Tian Yuhao | China News Service | Getty Images The ...
CEOs of GM, Ford and others urge Congress to lift EV tax credit cap
The all-electric Chevrolet Silverado at the New York Auto Show, April 13, 2022. Scott Mlyn | CNBC DETROIT – The CEOs of General Motors, Ford Motor, Chrysler parent Stellantis and Toyota Motor North Am...
EV start-up Electric Last Mile Solutions to declare bankruptcy
The ELMS Urban Delivery, anticipated to launch later this year, is expected to be the first Class 1 commercial electric vehicle available in the U.S. market and will be produced at the Company’s...
Why QuantumScape investors are still waiting for new EV batteries
A solid-state battery development lab for QuantumScape. QuantumScape The electric vehicle space has seen a handful of impressive stock market debuts in recent years, but battery start-up QuantumScape&...
U.S. drops Covid testing requirement for international travelers
The Biden administration will drop the Covid-19 testing requirement for inbound air travelers from abroad on Sunday, ending one of the longest-running travel restrictions of the pandemic. The rule, pu...
Union announces daytime work stoppage at congested Port of Oakland
In an aerial view, a container ship sits docked at the Port of Oakland on May 20, 2022 in Oakland, California. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images A crucial port workers union is shifting a planned work st...
Travel industry calls on White House to end Covid-19 testing requirement for overseas visitors
Travel and hospitality CEOs are stepping up pressure on the Biden administration to scrap a requirement that anyone flying into the U.S. present a a negative Covid-19 test before departure, saying the...
It’s not Apple or Tesla, but Inrix has data from 500 million vehicles
Cars and trucks move along the Cross Bronx Expressway, a notorious stretch of highway in New York City that is often choked with traffic and contributes to pollution and poor air quality on November 1...
GM, Lockheed take lunar rover project to the commercial space market
MILFORD, Mich. — General Motors and Lockheed Martin said Thursday they plan to produce an array of moon-roving vehicles for commercial space missions and services powered by the automaker’s elec...
Southwest Airlines customer service goes fully remote, reservations centers close
A traveler walks past a Southwest Airlines airplane as it taxies from a gate at Baltimore Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport on October 11, 2021 in Baltimore, Maryland. Kevin Dietsch |...
Nio Q1 2022 earnings reveal wider loss
Nio’s et5 electric sedan is set to begin deliveries in Sept. 2022. Nio Chinese electric-vehicle maker Nio lost $281.2 million in the first quarter, wider than the $68.8 million it lost a year ag...
Volkswagen looks to build new EV facilities in the U.S., exec says
Scott Keogh, VW, in San Francisco, California, Sept. 18, 2018. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. – Volkswagen is “actively” looking to establish new assembly ...
Spirit Airlines shareholder meeting postponed to continue Frontier, JetBlue deal talks
A JetBlue Airlines plane takes off near Spirit Airlines planes at the Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport on May 16, 2022 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Joe Raedle | Getty Images Spirit Airl...
Shares of China EV maker BYD jump after exec announces Tesla battery deal
This photo from Dec. 2019 shows robotic arms spray painting a car body shell at the BYD Automobile Company Limited Xi’an plant. BYD is set to supply Tesla with batteries “very soon,”...
Elon Musk says offering is 3 or 4 years away
SpaceX CEO Elon Musk stands at the base of a Starship rocket prototype at the company’s facility in Boca Chica, Texas. Steve Jurvetson on flickr Elon Musk last week told SpaceX employees the com...
Modular Housing’s Potential Unleashed By Innovative Process And Design
The Liv-Connected modular home can be flat packed and shipped across the country and then assembled … [+] in a matter of hours. Chris Coe Homes are built with hundreds or thousands of different ...
These charts show state of supply chain as China eases Covid lockdowns
Zoom In IconArrows pointing outwards The CNBC Supply Chain Heat Map for China, which is gradually easing Covid lockdowns, is showing several hot spots slowing down trade flow in recent days. ChinaR...
Solid Power begins pilot production of solid-state EV battery
Solid Power’s 22-layer, 20Ah all solid-state lithium metal cell compared to the company’s first-generation 10-layer, 2Ah cell. Solid Power Solid Power, a Colorado-based battery start-up ba...
Frontier offers $250M reverse breakup fee if Spirit merger is blocked
A Frontier Airlines plane near a Spirit Airlines plane at the Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport on May 16, 2022 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Joe Raedle | Getty Images Frontier Airlines&#...
Opinion: As tech melts down, a truth remains: Semiconductors are eating the world
Everyone’s favorite trade in the stock market, technology, has gone the way of the dodo. Oil and value stocks are all the rage. But one part of technology — semiconductors — is vital not only to the t...